Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/těnь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Probably a contamination between Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ and Proto-Slavic *sěnь.

Noun

*těnь f

  1. shade, shadow
    Synonym: *sě̀nь

Inflection

Declension of *těnь (i-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *těnь *těni *těni
genitive *těni *těnьju, *těňu* *těnьjь, *těni*
dative *těni *těnьma *těnьmъ
accusative *těnь *těni *těni
instrumental *těnьjǫ, *těňǫ* *těnьma *těnьmi
locative *těni *těnьju, *těňu* *těnьxъ
vocative *těni *těni *těni

* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

adjective
noun

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: тѣнь (těnĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: тѣнь (těnʹ)
        • Belarusian: цень (cjenʹ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: тїнь (tjinʹ)
        • Ukrainian: тінь (tinʹ)
      • Russian: тень (tenʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: тѣнꙗ (těnja)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: тење, тијење
      Latin script: tenje, tijenje
    • Slovene: tẹ́njа (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “тень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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